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Phone screens are getting bigger, and user interfaces are moving. Continue reading on UX Collective »

The technology is here to stay, but with the more mainstream adoption come design challenges that were until now unsolved. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Data ethics principles and processes are useful, but they are often of limited use when it comes to addressing the social and environmental harms of the data economy. This post is about using creative R&D to build data technologies that embed a different set of values from the ground up, balancing e..

Fingerprinting is bad. It’s a term that refers to building up enough metadata about a user that you can essentially figure out who they are. JavaScript has access to all sorts of fingerprinting possibilities, which then combined with the IP address that the server has access to, means fingerprinting..

Like a duet or dance, it’s about making your creative partner succeedThe co-authors of Two Beats Ahead, Panos A. Panay and R. Michael Hendrix; photo: Kimberly Panay, 2018In 2016 I was approached to write a book. I turned it down, only to find myself working on it a year later. The reason was that al..

What happens when systems don’t know the difference between a legal name and a chosen name (and how can designers care about trans people) Continue reading on UX Collective »

How lockdown has taught designers to truly understand their clients.Image by Rikki StoreyAs the UK passes a sobering milestone marking a year since the first lockdown was announced, I have realised two truths: As designers, we don’t truly understand the impact our clients experience during periods o..

Gamification can make a good product better if done right, but it’s not a magic potion Continue reading on UX Collective »

Trust is a powerful force for driving user action. And since aesthetics is a dimension of trust, every designer should try to understand… Continue reading on UX Collective »

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